Fran, while i also cringe at some terminology creep -- the word "breakout" makes me crazy, like it's some special case that rarely happens instead of a constant in the game -- technically both "race" and "breakout" are correct, and it's sorta like when kids correct me as an audio professional (my day job) when i say "record" (as if the word implies only a round black object 12" in diameter instead of its derivation; they started doing this with cd's, but even an mp3 file is a "record"). we sometimes confuse the customary terminology for the only correct terminology.
[n.b. there are some really, Really, REALLY overworked terms in straight pool. i think the first person who uttered "manufactured" with respect to a break or key ball ought to be very proud (i'm betting it was Bill Staton). the rest of us should let go of the cliche Once in a While; the English language offers some alternatives]
anyway, i agree with Bob and Sean, and add that we need to in fact welcome rotation players into the game, warts and all. which, to their credit, i think people like Charlie Williams are doing.
i'm especially pleased when i hear people like Shaun Wilkie commentating on these 14.1 streams, because i think he works hard to legitimize straight pool to those who don't know the game, and he succeeds largely because he has come to the game from the rotation perspective and understands that perspective. that may well be more enabling of a new audience than the depth of knowledge of someone who's been playing straight pool for decades.
then once they're ensnared, they will either learn the finer points, or "corrupt" the game from some point of view. frankly, i care a lot about tradition (in several parts of my life). but i care much more about the tradition continuing than about it remaining pure.